Ciro de Quadros

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Ciro A. de Quadros

Ciro Carlos Araújo de Quadros (born January 30, 1940 in Rio Pardo , Rio Grande do Sul , † May 28, 2014 in Washington, DC ) was a Brazilian medical doctor ( epidemiology ), who played an important role in campaigns by the WHO and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) contributed to polio eradication in developing countries.

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De Quadros studied medicine at the Catholic School of Medicine ( UFCSPA ) in Porto Alegre with an MD and received a Diploma (MPH) in Public Health from the National School of Public Health in Rio de Janeiro in 1968 . At first he was stationed for the Brazilian health authorities in a small town in the Amazon region, where he organized systematic vaccination campaigns. From 1970 he led a campaign to eradicate smallpox in Ethiopia on behalf of the WHO. From 1977 he was responsible for vaccination campaigns in America at the PAHO in Washington DC (director of the vaccines and immunization department), especially against polio in South America, which was very successful there, although he initially met with strong skepticism. However, he was able to show successes at the national vaccination days (NID) in Brazil from 1980 onwards, during which around 20 million children under 5 years of age received an oral polio vaccination on one weekend. As a result, the monthly rate of new cases in Brazil fell from around 100 to 200 to below 20. In 1989, polio was completely eradicated in Brazil. There were similar successes in Cuba and in 1985 a corresponding program to eradicate polio in South America was launched by the PAHO, which de Quadros also organized in politically very insecure countries like Peru . In 1994, polio was officially declared eradicated in South America.

Since 2003 he has been at the Sabin Vaccine Institute (SVI) in Washington, DC , where he is Director of International Programs and Executive Vice President (2010). He was also Associate Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University , School of Hygiene and Public Health, Adjunct Professor at Case Western Reserve University and George Washington University (Tropical Medicine Department).

In 1993 he received the Prince Mahidol Prize and in 2000 the Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal. In 1999 he received the highest Brazilian civil order, the Rio Branco Order . In 2010 he received the Premio Carlos IV of the Royal Spanish Academy of Medicine for his pioneering role in monitoring anti-smallpox campaigns and his role in polio and measles eradication in America. In 2011 de Quadros was awarded one of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards .

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  1. ↑ Raoul Kamadjeu, obituary in Pan African Medical Journal , 18, 2014, 102
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personal data
SURNAME Quadros, Ciro de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Quadros, Ciro Carlos Araújo de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian medic (epidemiology)
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio Pardo , Rio Grande do Sul
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 2014
Place of death Washington, DC